Music: Miles Davis- All Blues
- Created by: Agnes Fouch
- Created on: 16-04-13 21:16
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- All Blues
- Instrumentation
- Frontline: Trumpet- Miles Davis Alto Sax- Julian Adderley Tenor Sax- John Caltrone
- Rhythm: Piano- Bill Evans Double Bass- Paul Chambers Drums- Jimmy Cobb
- Overall Timbre- Mellow. Trumpets use muting, ghost notes and rests to create a relaxed feel.
- The saxes often play in parallel 3rds and 4ths.
- Drums keep steady beat (ride cymbals) whilst improving complex rhythms on snare drum. Played with brushes initially
- Structure
- Based around a 12 bar chord sequence (known as the changes) heard at least 19 times in total with 4 bar linking riff between each section
- Chord sequence loosely based on standard 12 bar blues pattern but uses some alternations.
- Double Bass is based on rhythmic riff, changes to emphasise altered chords, pizzicato (plucking).
- Piano plays simple riffs and chords (comping). Same chorus throughout but constantly changing voicing.
- Trumpet never solos at the same time as saxes- clearly defined accompanying role for saxes if trumpet is playing solo etc.
- Bar 1-4 G7, 5-6 Gm, 7-8 G7, 9 D7#9, 10 Eb7#9/D7#9, 11-12 G7.
- Harmony
- Use of Blue notes.
- #9 chords causing subtle dissonance
- Tonality
- Gmajor/ use of mixolydian mode in solos (especially Davis)
- Melody
- Main melody ( trumpet bar 9) begins with major 6th jump then a long high note that is often ornamented (with a mordent) but largely lies in the range of a 5th
- Otherwise movement is stepwise
- Dynamics
- Subttle no great variation Says around mp-mf
- Only variation from expression in solos
- Metre and Tempo
- 6/4 crotchet= 152 sounds like 2 dotted minim. Jazz waltz feel
- Instrumentation
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